Stop a thundering herd: Redistribute agent node check-ins with MCollective for Puppet Enterprise 2015.2 to 2017.3
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I have a thundering herd. How do I redistribute agent check-ins to fix it?
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PE version: 2015.2 to 2017.3
In PE 2017.3 and later, you can use the instructions in ...
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This article needs updating for PE 2018.1 and beyond where mco no longer works.
You're right.
We do have another solution for later versions that does not use MCollective:
https://support.puppet.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003769433-KB-0215-Prevent-a-thundering-herd-Use-max-queued-requests-in-Puppet-Enterprise-2017-3-1-and-later
I'm going to check in to see if adding a link to that article is the best thing to do, or if Nick or another engineer can provide additional changes here. (I'm the technical writer who works with the group, so I can't answer directly, but I can help get this fixed.)
Thanks so much for your feedback!
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